Avtandil Makharadze
Also Known As: ავთანდილ მახარაძე, Aftandil Maxaradze, Avtandil Maxaradze
Biography: Avtandil Makharadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ მახარაძე) (born 16 July 1943) is a Georgian actor. He was born in Batumi. Active since the 1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University with performances in the acts of his fellow students. His role in the play "The Merchant of Venice", where he played Shylock caught the eyes of critics and the public. He worked at Shota Rustaveli Theatre until 1991 where he had played over 50 roles. He had great success in the theater of MHAT (Moscow Art Theatre), where in 1983, he played the main role in the play "Collapse" (Jaqo's Dispossessed). The same role was previously played in a television series under the same title on Georgian Television, which was one of the most controversial TV Plays of Soviet Georgia. (Wikipedia)
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Batumi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]
Adult: No
Birthday: July 16, 1943
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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Repentance

Overview: The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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Children of Sin

Overview: A man prays in a forest to mourn over the recent death of his wife. He is kidnapped by an enemy tribe, leaving his children completely alone. The enemy tribesmen demand payment for his release. Will the man live?
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1989-06-23
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A Fold in My Blanket

Overview: Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 2013-02-07
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The Way Home

Overview: The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1981-01-04
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Adventures of Lazare

Overview: An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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National Bomb

Overview: In capital city Baku, eminent editor Yusef Abranov (Mustafayev regular Avtandil Makharadze) and director Mehmet (Yashar Nuri) are determined to get their latest movie made by any means necessary, after being shut down by the bankrupt national studio. Following various schemes, the only way left to raise the cash is to marry off Yusef’s son to the daughter of the rich guy who’s bought Yusef’s bizarre, mirror-filled house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2004-06-21
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Migrations

Overview: Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1989-05-21
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Spring

Overview: Lazar helped grandma Varo, who came to the city from the village, fill out a sports lotto ticket. A few days later, the young man discovered that this particular ticket was the winning one. Without thinking twice, he went in search of grandmother...
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Life Seems to Be Beautiful

Overview: Sequel to Fəryad (1993).
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: az
Release Date: 2022-11-15
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Hostages

Overview: Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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The Beloved

Overview: Based on the novel by Prosper Merime "Mateo Falcone".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1991-05-13
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Scary Mother

Overview: A 50-year-old housewife, Manana, struggles with her dilemma - she has to choose between her family life and her passion, writing, which she had repressed for years - she decides to follow her passion and plunges herself into writing, sacrificing to it mentally and physically.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 2017-08-21
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Bird Flight

Overview: Thirties. Arriving from a provincial town in Moscow, Leka Khrapova did not enroll in law school, as her mother wanted, but entered acting. During her studies, she became interested in the “stargazer” and the sensualist from the observatory, but married a silent and reliable documentary cameraman. Leka left her husband twice and, burned by her mistakes, returned. But one day she didn’t return...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-03-06
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Mikha

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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1966-06-01
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ფარანი ქარში

Overview: The film tells the story of a chess coach who establishes a strong women's chess school in Georgia. The film is not biographical, although the prototype of the main character is the famous coach Vakhtang Karseladze.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-09
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Nakas

Overview: This story is about a person who dosen’t have a life of his own, but lives the life of others. His own individuality is lost, making him a misfit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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დილის ნისლივით

Overview: A lonely provincial man asks his childhood friends to come to his hometown. He is forced to explain the reason for their gathering to his surprised friends by the unexpected invitation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-09
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